Angularly-adjustable rotary cutter, slitter, creaser, and the like



March 20, 1928.

G. w. SWIFT, JR

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ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE ROTARY CUTTER, SLITTER, CREASER, AND THE LIKE ATTORNEYS,

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. G. w. swlFT, JR y ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE: ROTARY CUTTER, suma, cREAsEn, AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 15. 1926 5 sheets-*sheet 4 March 20, 1928.

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ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE ROTARY CUTTER, SLITTER, CREASER, AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 15. 1926- 5 sheets-sheet 5 INVENTOR 650665 W, .5W/Fr, J7,

WITNESS ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. SWIFT, JR., OF BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIG'NOR`TO GEORGE W.

SWIFT, JR., INC., OF

JERSEY.

BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY, .A CORPORATION OF NEW ANGULARLY-ADJUSTABLE ROTARY CUTTER, SLITTER, CREASER, AND THE LIKE.

Application led November 13, 1926. Serial No. 148,239.

Long experience in the manufacture and operation of machinery for cutting, trimming, creasing and otherwise changing the form of composite paper sheets or boards has demonstated the fact that the accuracy of the cuts or other impressions upon the paper stock is dependent to a marked degree upon the angular relation of the operating tools to the paper stock and to each other. It frequently happens that when the operating tools are not presented in the wproper angular relation that the cut, crease or other impression upon the paper stock will be rough or ragged, and when operating upon r plural ply paper stock the improper angular relation of the tools sometimes tends to separate the outer plies from the body of the stock.

To overcome such imperfect work in operating upon paper stock the present invention contemplates mounting rotary machine tools, such as cutters, slitters, trimmers,

` creasers, perforators, etc. upon operating heads which can be angularly adjusted with relation to the paper stock` to be operated upon so as to enable the machine operator to adju-st the working tools to the most effective angle for performing the particular work in hand.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, complementary or co-operating rotary machine tools are arranged oppo-v sitely in the plane of feed of the paper stock to be operated '-upon, and the operating heads carrying the machine tools are ad- -justably mounted so that the tools may be presented at any angle with respect to the horizontal and vertical longitudinal planes of the machine. Each ofthe operating heads comprises, in its preferred form, a

hollow tool-carrying head surrounding a.

driving shaft and having a splined universal joint connection therewith, and a universally adjustable bearing bracket mounted upon a lixed part of the supporting frame and constituting an adjustable bearing for the operating head to hold it to its work in the desired angularly adjusted position. The machine tools are detachably mounted upon the'operating heads and the form of tool can therefore be readily changed to suit the work to be performed.

In order that the invention may be fully understood it will first be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and afterwards pointed out more particularly in the annexed claims. l

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a machine for cutting or trimming paper board and the like embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional-view of the same on an enlarged scale;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail elevation partly in section showing the universal adjustable operating head carrying a machine tool in the form of a circular knlfe;

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same;

Figure 5 is a detail elevation partly in section illustrating machine tools in the form of rotary creasing dies mounted upon said adjustable operating heads;

Figure is a detail sectional plan view of one of the universally adjustable bearing brackets for the operating'heads;

Figure 7 is-a detail elevation illustrating a pair of cooperating circular cutters mounted upon 'the adjustable operating heads, the lower cutter being presented in a vertical longitudinal plane while the upper cutter is' arranged on slight Vangle to said vertical plane;

Figure y8 is a detail diagrammatic plan view of the cutters arranged as shown in Figure 7 Figures 9 and 10 are diagrammatic views showing respectively a front elevation and a plan of upper and lower adjustabl mounted cutters arranged in vertical planes inclined oppositely to the vertical longitudinal plane of the machine;

Figure 11 is a diagrammatic front elevation of cooperating cutters in which the upper cutter is in the vertical longitudinal plane of the machine while the lower cutter is in a plane inclined to said Vertical longitudinal plane.

In the embodiment of the present invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the working parts Iof the machine are mounted upon a heavy framework which is illustrated in the form of the upright side frames 1, 2 braced by th'e heavy rectangu-` angularly upon the shaft.

lar cross-bars 3, 4 and 12. The upright side frames have suitable bearings in which are journalled the two heavy transverse shafts 5 and 6 formed with spline grooves 7 extending from end'to end and carrying intermeshing gears 8, 9 just outside of the side frame 2 by which lthe two shafts are caused to rotate in unison. The lower shaft 5 is shown as the drive shaft, it bein provided with a belt pulley 10 and a han wheel 11. It will be understood, however, that this simple form of machine is merely illustrative and that the shafts upon which the operating parts are mounted may be variously arranged and otherwlse driven since these features do not constitute any part of the present' invention.

In Figure 2 is shown a conventional form offeed table mounted upon bracket extensions 16 of the machine side frames. A diagrammatic illustration of a section of corrugated composite paper board is-shown at 17, this paper stock being represented in the act of passing through trimming cutters which are mounted in the machine in accordance with the principles involved in the present invention.

For the purpose of illustrating the present invention the machine is shown equipped with two pairs of trimming cutters, one of each pair of said cutters being adjustably mounted upon each of the shafts 5 and-6.l

Themounting and adjustment of the `individual cutters is the same in all -four cutters-shown so that a description of one of these structures will be understood to apply to all of the cutter mountin s, the only distinction between the adjusta le mounting of the cutters upon shaft 5 over those mounted upon shaft 6 being that the cutters upon shaft 5 are adjustably controlled b bearing brackets mounted upon the lower rame bar y4, while those cutters upon shaft 6 are controlled by brackets carried by the ltop frame bar l2.

The rotary machine tool, shown in the first five figures of the drawings as a circular trimming cutter 20, is formed with a large central opening to freely surround the shaft 5 or 6 and is rigidly secured .by bolts 21 to the heavy annular flange 22 of a hollow sectional tool carrying member which is referred to herein as the operatingl head. This operating head indicated generally by the reference numeral 25 isa 'hollowshelllike structure 'formed in two complementary halves for conveniently fitting it over the shaft and on to the bearing block by which it is driven. The main opening through member 25 indicated at 26 is of suthcientl greater diameter than the supporting sha t to permit the free movement of member 25 The operating head 25 is formed with an outwardly re sented concave bearing collar 27 w ich closely fits over the spherical surface 28 of a bearing block 29 that embraces the shaft 5 or 6 and is splined to the shaft to rotate therewith '-.by means of a ke 30 adjustably seated in the keyway 7 an is held 1n the corresponding keyway 31 of block 29 by means of a screw 32 `passing from the spherical surface 28 of-block 29 into a threaded opening formed in the key 30. rl he bearing block 29 is also formed withdiametrically opposite slots 35 which extend parallel with the shaft 5 or 6 and receive the headed ends of the inwardly projectlng radial pins 36 carried by the concave bearing shell 27 of member 25. These pins 36 key 30 yand locks it firmly in the keyway 7t The collar 40 may `be made integral with the bearing block 29 as shown in Figure 5 of the drawings, but for convenience of manufacture it 1s preferabl ase arate part as indicated in Figure 3 o the rajjings, The sectional operating headgjl25 formed with a deep annular bearin groove just back of the tool. carrying ange 22 and seated in this bearing groove 45 is a. sectional bearing collar consisting of two half bearing rings secured together by bolts 51 passin through integral lugs 52. The sectional earing ring 50 and the circular machine tool secured to sectional flange 22 serve to hold the sectional operating head `2 5 l'together in the operative relation described.

Half of thegbearing ring 50 is formedv integral with/:an angular supporting bracket 55 formed with a pivot opening 56 and a concentric slot 57 shown best in Figure 6 of the drawings. This bracket 55 is secured to the upper face of an adjustable block by means of 'screw bolts 58 and 59 which extend respectively through the opening 56 and slot 57 and are seated in threaded open- .i-.ings in the outer face of block 60. The block4 60 is formed with a curved face 6l resting upon the surface 62 of a flanged supporting bracket which is adjustably mounted upon one of the frame bars 4 and 12. The bracket plate 65 has formed in its side flanges the curved slots 66 and 67 which are concentric with the surface 61 of block 60 and screw bolts 70 pass through said curved slots 66, 67 and are seated in threaded o en# ingsI formed in the lateral faces ofthe b ock sov is 10u machine, causing lthe machine tool carriedl bythe operating head 25 to be correspondingly shifted so that it will be presented either in a plane vertical to the feed or slightly inclined inwardly or .outwardly from said vertical plane. Likewise by -adjusting the bracketv 55 upon the pivot screw 58, the bearing ring 50 can have its angular relation shifted inwardly or outwardly with relation to the line of feed, thereby causing the machine tool carried by head 25 to'be presented at an angle to the line of feed. In these adjustments it will be clear that the universal joint connection between the operating head and the shaft will automatically adjust itself to suit.

Figure 5 of the drawings shows the same general construction of operating heads having universal joint connection with supportin shafts. The bearing blocks 29a are shown integral with the collars a as above explained. Other parts of the mechanism are identified by the same reference numerals used/l above. In place of the circularI trim-V ming cutters 20 lshown in other figures of the drawings, Figure 5 illustrates cooperatmg circular creasing dies 80, 81 secured respectively to the upper and lower operating heads. As previously pointed out it is immaterial to the present invention what form of rotary machine tool is mounted upon the adjustable operating head, the improved structure being of value in the mounting of various forms of tools where it is important to present the tool in an exact angular relation to the Work being performed;

In the use of the machine for creasingiies as shown in Figure 5 it will be understood that with the proper angular adjustment of` these rotating dies 80, 81, the crease or impression upon the paper stock may be made heavier or deeper on one side than on the other, thereby enabling the operator to produce a crease that will fold accurately in the particular design of box blank being made.

It should be understood that the described machine including the improved angularly adjustable heads carrying machine tools is provided with some form of feeding mechanism for moving the stock to be operated upon past the machine tools. This feed part of the machine is not illustrated, but will be lunderstood. that any suitable feeding mechanism may be employed, the form depending upon the particular machine to several different adjustments of the knives or trimmers. In Figures 7 and 8 the lower knife is set in a verticalplane in the line of feed of the stock while the upper knife inclines slightly away from said'vertical plane. This set of the knives produces an accurate cut on plural ply paper stock, such for instance' as the composite corrugated paper board in that the cutting edge of the knife recedes from the line of cut immediately f after the cut is made andtherefore the face of the knife is kept free from the upper layer of the composite stock as it emerges from the cut. In these figures the paper stock is movingtoward the eye in Figure 7 and toward the bottom of the sheet' in Figure 8, as indicated by the arrow and the cutters are rotating in the directions indicated by the arrows.

In Figures 9 and 1() the cutters 20 are represented as oppositely inclined to the direction of feed of the stock X, the stock and cuttersmoving in the same directions as in Figures 7 rand 8. With this adjustment of the cutters it will be observed that both the upper and lower cutters are so set that/,the inner'surfaces of the knives recede""frongt the edge of the cutin the stock immediately after thecutis made.

the cutters 2O engage each other at their extreme peripheral edges, and do not overlap l as in the arrangement of trimmers illustrat- .l ed in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings. In lthe coaction of the upper and lower cutters 20 as shown in Figures 7 to 11 it will be observed that the upper and2 lower cutters can be adjusted to different angular relations to the paper' stock X operated upon, whereas inthe case of the overlapping cutters of Figures 1 to 4 it is necessary in securing proper cooperation between the cutters that the upper and lower cutters be correspondingly adjusted, or in other words, that their overlapping engaging faces be presented in parallel relation.

In the claims the cutting, creasing or other form of rotary stock impressing tool is referred to by the generic term of machine tool, it being'the intention in these claims In Figure 11 an `adjustment of the cutters 2Q is represented exactly opposite from that;

ioo

to cover the novel angularly adjustable operating headfor supporting any suitable form of tool which can be advantageouslyv operated withthe adjustable mounting set forth. In operating upon different materials, different adjusted positions of the operating heads will be required, but the main purpose of the invention is to provide adjustable mounting for the machine tools that will relieve the work from contact with the tools after they have performed their functions. This is particularly important in slitting or cutting composite sheets as above pointed out.

I claim c l. In a machine of the character described, the combination with al rotary shaft, of an operating head adapted to carry a machine tool, a flexible joint connection between said operating head and said shaft, and adjustable means engaging said operating head for holding the tool in the desired operative position. 2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary shaft, of an operating head adapted to carry a machine tool, a universal joint connection between said operating head and said shaft, and adjustable means engaging said operating head for holding the tool in the desired operative position.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary shaft supported parallel with the horizontal planeof feed of work and transverse to the lineof feed thereof, of an operating head adapted to carry a machine tool, a universal joint connection between said operating head and said shaft, and an adjustable bearingengaging 4o said operating head and adapted to support the machine tool at an anglegto said horilzontal plane and the line of feed.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary shaft, of an operating head adapted to carry a machine tool, a ball and socket joint connection between said operating head and said shaft, and adjustable means engaging said operating head for holding the tool in the desired operative position. Y

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary shaft, of an operating head adapted to carry a machine tool, a flexible joint connection between said operating head and said shaft, and an angularly adjustable bearing engaging said operatin head for holding the tool in the desire operative position.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combinationl with a rotary shaft, of a hollow operating head surrounding and spaced from said shaft, means for securing a machine-tool to said operating head, a sphericalsurfaced bearing block secured to said shaft, a concave bearing collar upon connection between said operating head and said operating head engaging and driven by said bearing block, and adjustable means engaging said operating head for holding the tool in the desired operative position] 7 Inv a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary shaft, of a hollow7 operating head surrounding and spaced froml said shaft, means for securing a machine tool to said operating head, a spherical surfaced bearing block secured to said shaft, a concave bearing collar upon said operating head engaging said bearing block, alpin and slot driving connection between said bearing block, and said concave collar, and adjustable means engaging said operating head for holding the tool in the desired operative position. l

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary shaft, of a hollow operating head surrounding and spaced from said shaft, means for securing a machine tool to said operating head, a spherical surfaced bearing block adjustably splined upon 'said shaft, slots' formed in said bearing block parallel with said shaft, a concave bearing collar upon said operating head embracing and movable on said bearing block, inwardly projecting pins upon'said concave collar engaging and movable inthe slots of said bearing block, and adjustable means engaging said operating head for holding the tool-in the desired operative position. l

9. Ina machine .of 'the character described, the combination with a rotay shaft supported parallel with. the horizontal plane of feed.4 of work and transverse to the line of feed thereof, of an operating head adapted to carry a machine tool, a universal joint connection between said operating head and said shaft, and a bearing bracket engaging said operating head and yuniversally adjustable concentrically with said universal joint.

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a rotary sha-ft supported parallel with the horizontal plane of feed of work and transverse to the line offeed thereof, of an operatingV head adapted to carry a machine tool, a universal joint said shaft, a bearing bracket engaging said operating head, a horizontally, adjustable bracket plate, and a member interposed between said bearing bracket and said bracket plate, said bearing bracket and interposed member being relatively adjustable in one lane and said inter osed member being adjust-ablel upon said racket plate concentrically with said universal-joint.

11. In a machine of the character de'- 125 scribed, the combination with a rotary shaft a sectional operatin head having universa joint connection wit said shaft and formed with an annular bearing, a sectional bearing bracket engaging said annular bearing,

13. In a machine of the character de' scribed, the combination of two universally 'adjustable operating heads, ymeans for rotating said operating heads, coacting I'nachine tools mounted respectively upon said operating heads. and an independent adjustable bearing bracket engaging `and supporting each of said operating heads in the desired adjusted position,

14. In a machine ot' thecharacter de scribed, the combination with two oppositely arranged rotary shafts, two universallyadjustable 'operating heads mounted respectively, upon said shafts and having universal joint driving' connections therewith, coacting machine tools mounted respectively upon said operating heads, and an independent adjustable bearing bracket engagling and supporting each of said operating eadsJ in the desired adjusted position. 1

15. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a support for stock to be fed, of lan angularly adjustable rotary machine`v tool, and adjustable means for supporting said tool in position to operate upon said stock with its `axis of rotation inclined at the desired angle to the plane of the stock, whereby the working edge of the tool will recede the required extent from the line of its action upon the stock.

16.- In a machine of theV character` described, the combination with a sup ort for stock to be fed and worked upon, o an angularly adjustable rotary cutting knife, adjustable means forL supporting said knife in position to operate upon said stock with its face inclined from the vertical longitudinal plane at the line of cut,

'whereby the working edge of the knife will recede the required extent from the line of the cut as the cutting operationl progresses.

GEORGE W. SWIFT, JR.

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